grant
1. any monetary aid (Freq. 5) • Hypernyms: aid, economic aid, financial aid • Hyponyms: subsidy, grant-in-aid 2. the act of providing a subsidy (Freq. 5) • Syn: subsidization, subsidisation • Derivationally related forms: subsidise (for: subsidisation), subsidize (for: subsidization) • Hypernyms: allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation • Hyponyms: award, awarding, block grant, grant-in-aid 3. (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance (Freq. 3) • Syn: assignment • Derivationally related forms: assign (for: assignment) • Topics: law, jurisprudence • Hypernyms: transferred property, transferred possession • Hyponyms: appanage, apanage, land grant 4. a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business - he got the beer concession at the ball park • Syn: concession • Hypernyms: contract • Hyponyms: franchise 5. a right or privilege that has been granted • Hypernyms: right
1. let have (Freq. 14) - grant permission - Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison • Syn: allow • Ant: deny (for: allow) • Derivationally related forms: granter • Hypernyms: give • Hyponyms: vouchsafe, allowance • Verb Group: permit, allow, let, countenance • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody something 2. give as judged due or on the basis of merit (Freq. 9) - the referee awarded a free kick to the team - the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff - Funds are granted to qualified researchers • Syn: award • Derivationally related forms: grantee • Hypernyms: give • Hyponyms: pension, pension off • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody something - Somebody ----s something to somebody - They grant the money to them - They grant them the money 3. be willing to concede (Freq. 5) - I grant you this much • Syn: concede, yield • Derivationally related forms: yielding (for: yield), concessive (for: concede), concession (for: concede), conceding (for: concede) • Hypernyms: agree, hold, concur, concord • Hyponyms: forgive • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody something - Somebody ----s something to somebody - Somebody ----s that CLAUSE - Somebody ----s to somebody - Somebody ----s (for: yield) - Somebody ----s (for: concede) 4. allow to have (Freq. 3) - grant a privilege • Syn: accord, allot • Derivationally related forms: accordance (for: accord) • Hypernyms: give • Hyponyms: give, enfranchise • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody something - Somebody ----s something to somebody 5. bestow, especially officially (Freq. 2) - grant a degree - give a divorce - This bill grants us new rights • Syn: give • Derivationally related forms: granter, grantee • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody something - Somebody ----s something to somebody 6. transfer by deed - grant land • Syn: deed over • Derivationally related forms: grantee, grantor • Hypernyms: give, gift, present • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s something to somebody 7. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another • Syn: concede, yield, cede • Derivationally related forms: cession (for: cede), concession (for: concede), conceding (for: concede) • Hypernyms: give • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s something to somebody
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